February 09

Center Grove Middle School North Volume I, Issue 2

The North Star Obama Sworn In Inside this issue: Favorite Lunch Food

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Global Warming

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Club Corner

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American Idol

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Movie Reviews

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This Month in History

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Valentines Day Facts

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Special points of interest:

“I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices born by our ancestors. I thank president Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.”

official until the next day. The oath was actually spoken wrong the first time by the Supreme Court Justice. It was rehearsed all the way through the next day just to be sure.

Senator Edward Kennedy, 76, collapsed during the inaugural lunch for Obama, and the new US leader acPresident Barack Obama was sworn in on January knowledges Those were the 20,2009 in front of millions of people. there are confirst few lines of cerns about the Barack Obama’s health of the veteran inaugural address. On lia and Sasha, were by senator from Massachuthe afternoon of Thurshis side as he was th setts. Kennedy, a pivotal day, January 20 Barack sworn in. They became Obama supporter, is Obama was sworn in as the first family of the suffering from brain canour 44th president of the United States of Amercer. United States of America. ica. His wife, Michelle, (Continued on page 3) Some say it wasn’t quite and two daughters, Ma-

Tony Dungy, the coach of the Indianapolis Colts, retired on January 12, 2009. This was his 7th year as the coach of the team. He finished with a record of 85 wins and 27 loses and lead the Colts

to Super Bowl XLI which ended in a 29 to 17 win. One of Dungy’s main achievements, that does not have to do with football, was in August 2007 when George W. Bush appointed him as a member of the President’s Council of Service and Civic

Participation. Another event that happened to Dungy was he released two books. One of those books was about his life called Quiet Strength which was released on July 10, 2007 and reached New York (Continued on page 5)

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Favorite School Lunch? We’ve got results!

You’ve heard horror stories about school lunches, but are they really that bad? Students we surveyed didn’t think so. Find out what came out on top.

CGMSN Favorite Lunch Foods 30 25 20 15 10 5 0

Fast Food Choices Arby's

Subway

Chick-fil-a

Dominos

14%

26%

21%

39%

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After the swearing in, the festivities were far from over. Barack and Michelle watched from the capitol as the inaugural parade got underway. Then Obama family entered their limo and began making their way to the White House. About in the middle of the parade Barack and Michelle got out to walk a few yards. About ten minutes later they got right back out and walked again. After they arrived at the White House, they walked across the lawn into a reviewing booth from which they watched the rest of the parade. The Obamas had ten inaugural balls to attend. While Barack and Michelle were going from ball to ball, Malia and Sasha were at the kids’ ball. Guest performances included the Jonas brothers and Bow Wow. Even though the President and his wife stayed up until 2:30 dancing, the next day he went straight to work by getting up at 7 am.

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Kelsey Kamman A big world? I’d say! But have you ever thought about what happens in it? Global Warming, that’s what. President Barrack Obama, newly elected, says he cares about Global Warming and wants to do something about it, but the questions, will he really try to prevent this? Nobody knows. Do you remember when you were young and always got told… “You’re too little?” Think about it, are we really too little? Too little to ponder how we could prevent global warming and maybe even do something about it? There are many ways to preclude this situation. One idea might be to write a letter to the president. Try to persuade him into doing something about Global Warming. I am sure that many kids our age have already tried to lecture the president and complain, but that is not the way to handle this. Do you want your letter to be in the garbage within the first couple sentences he has even read? I don’t think so. If President Barrack Obama wants to make a change, I believe this is the change that needs done!

Club Corner

Katie Huntzinger

As you know there are many clubs at CGMSN. The North Star is here to tell you about what is going on in them.

Previously, in Newspaper, “We have been doing the best we can to make-up ideas,” said Sam, who is in 7th grade. I have to agree with Sam, we have been working hard to impress our readers. “I think the staff has much enthusiasm, and you all have lots of fun,” Miss Kelley comments, the staff leader and 7th grade Red team language arts teacher.

Lights….camera….ACTION! Drama Club is working on bringing CGMSN a great taste of theater. “We learn about the stage and can meet a lot of new people,” Olive Grose, 6th grade, comments. Drama Club is for students who have an interest in acting or being part of stage crew. This year they are putting on a musical, Annie Jr. The show dates will be April 24 and 25.

Book Club have starting reading Don’t You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphery!, a book by Margaret P. Haddix. A book about a girl who’s life is a wreck. She tells you all about it in her Journal. “We read part of the book and then comprehend what we just read, while eating popcorn,” Gaia, 8th grade, reports.

As you know the end of the year is rolling to an end, so that means yearbooks are coming out. Here at CGMSN students get to create their own yearbook in the Yearbook Club.

Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple are all colors they use in Art Club. Last Newsletter that the school sent, there was a request for Art supplies for this club that does Art. There were some interesting things in there, I wonder what they are doing. “We would make mugs for the teachers so that they could buy them,”6th grade, Jackie Rizzi, informs us. Wow! Mugs made so teacher could buy them, amazing!

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Reality Show Update: American Idol

Of course, as most of us know, American Idol’s season 8 opened up its doors in Phoenix, Arizona. It started out with thousands of people waiting forever and ever out in the sweltering heat. American Idol also has a new judge, Kara, who works with other singers she is not all that popular though. Out of all those people, there are three I would like to talk about. First the guy who can hit those bass notes no problem. he did not go to Hollywood because he was trying to hit those high notes. Second the guy with severe tunnel vision (who could play the piano very well) was able to get that golden ticket to Hollywood. And of course the girl we all talk about was the one who picked a fight with the new judge, Kara. They were getting in an argument about who does the best imitation of a singer. She also got that fabulous golden ticket.

February Birthdays By Matthew Zagaros 2-7-1812 2-11-1847 2-8-1935 2-17-1963 2-11-1963 2-11-1964 2-1-1968 2-11-1969 2-7-1978

Charles Dickens Thomas Edison Elvis Presley Michael Jordan Sheryl Crow Sarah Palin Lisa Marie Presley Jennifer Aniston Ashton Kutcher

Now Playing… Movie Reviews Conor Marley

Elliott Gray

PAUL BLART

City of Ember

Mall Cop

The City of Ember is an adventure story about an underground city that was made because of a giant war and all mankind was being destroyed. The builders left instructions on how to get out of Ember and locked them in a box that would not open until 200 years later. The box was passed on from mayor to mayor until it was picked up by a mayor’s daughter and was hid away until it silently opened. Some years later the city was falling apart until a young girl and boy find the box. As they follow the instructions on how to get out they learn things they had never known before. While the generator that is keeping them alive keeps breaking down more and more they desperately try to find a way out of Ember to save everyone in the city. Will they escape or will they not make it out before the generator dies for good?

This is one of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time. In the movie the main character, Paul Blart, is a goofy guy training to be a police officer but can’t pass the test, so he settles for a mall cop. In the movie, the Segway-riding nut meets the love of his life, a wig seller named Amy. Black Friday is coming up, and a new shifty looking mall cop named Vick Sims joins the squad. On Black Friday, in the middle of all the hustle and bustle, the “workers” setting up the Get Your Picture Taken With Santa pull out guns and demand everyone leaves the mall. Will Paul save the day? Find out when you see this hilarious movie.

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This Month in History Throughout history, the month of February has been filled with many intriguing events. It has seen the birth of many American Presidents, such as, George Washington in 1732, Abe Lincoln in 1809, and Ronald Reagan in 1911. Several popular childhood toys were also introduced in February. The Teddy Bear, named after President Teddy Roosevelt, was first sold in 1903 in a small toy store in Brooklyn, New York. The first Barbie was shown at the American Toy Fair in February of 1959 and was soon followed by the introduction of the GI Joe, which stood for Government Issued Joe, on February 2, 1964. The tragedies as well as the victories that have occurred in the month of February have helped shape the way people continue to live their lives today. 1789: George Washington was elected as first U.S. President. 1827: New Orleans, Louisiana, holds its first Mardi Gras celebration.

1887: 1st Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. 1896: Leo Hirshfield introduces the Tootsie Roll. 1909: American Carl Fisher incorporates the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corp. founding “The Brickyard”. The Indy 500 would become the world’s largest single-day sporting event. 1936: Babe Ruth was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1952: The first “Don’t Walk” sign was installed in New York city in response to the growing number of pedestrian deaths. 1959:Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro is sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba. 1964: The Beatle’s arrive in the U.S. for the first time and appear on the Ed Sullivan Show causing the start of Beatle mania. 1964:American boxer Cassius Clay shocked the world by defeating the heavyweight champ Sonny Liston in a 7 round technical knockout. He predicted his

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Times hardcover No. 1 on August 5, 2007. He also released a 24 page children’s book called You Can Do It. Something that hurt Dungy and may have helped his decision to retire was one of his son’s committed suicide during the 2005 season when the Colts were favored to win the Super Bowl that year. The team lost in the second round of the playoffs against the Pittsburgh Steelers at the RCA Dome on a missed field goal. The next year Dungy would make his-

Going into the playoffs the Colts were last in run defense and nobody was picking the Colts for the Super Bowl. First the Colts had to beat the Chiefs at the RCA Dome which they did while holding one of the leagues premiere running backs Larry Johnson to 24 yards on the ground, but still nobody was convinced the Colts could win the Super Bowl. Dungy got his team ready, and they beat the Ravens and the Patriots to get to Super Bowl XLI. Dungy and the Colts beat Lovie Smith and the Bears and, Dungy was the first African American to win the Super Bowl. The next two years ended in Disappointment when the Colts lost to

Matthew Zagaros victory by saying he could, “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee”. He changed his name to Muhammad Ali two weeks later. 1978:Texas Instrument patented the first microchip. 1980:In one of the most dramatic upsets in Olympic history, the underdog U.S. Hockey team defeats the defending champion Soviet team at the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. 2000:The last original Peanuts comic strip appears as a signed farewell from its originator, cartoonist Charles Schulz, who had died the day before of colon cancer. 2001:Stock-car racing legend Dale Earnhardt died in a crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500. 2003:The Space Shuttle Columbia breaks up on re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere and all 7 astronauts die leaving the world in shock and disbelief.

the Chargers two years straight. Then Dungy retired from the Colts and the NFL. As announced before the beginning of last season, Jim Caldwell took over as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts after Dungy retired. Some changes have already been made. Caldwell has fired the special teams coach and the defensive coordinator resigned. The hunt is still on for a defensive coordinator. The future is looking bright for the Colts, but we will all miss the best coach in the team’s history and arguably the best coach in NFL history.

CENTER GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH

The North Star — Newspaper Staff

202 N. Morgantown Rd. Greenwood, IN 46142 Phone: (317) 885-8800 Principal: Mr. Matthew Kaiser Assistant Principal: Mr. Matthew Taylor Dean of Students: Mrs. Julie Lawson Faculty Advisor of the North Star: Miss Kathleen Kelley

-Rachel Gravens

-Emily Morrow

How many of you look forward to going to the cafeteria every day and eating lunch? If so, keep reading. We all know that there is a group of people that cook our lunch every day, but no one really pays any attention to them, but really if it was not for them we would go through the day starving. The one who keeps everything in order and makes sure the food is properly prepared in the kitchen is the head cook, Mrs. Jan Etter. Mrs. Etter has been employed here for 7 years as a cook and has two boys. She loves her job and has no dislikes about it except for one school lunch that she does not like to make: burritos. However, she enjoys making chili. She and the rest of the cooks quote, “It’s all about the kids!”

February 14th. A day for lovers. Still celebrated today Valentine ’s Day has become a day of love, cards, diamonds, roses, and chocolate. About 180 million roses to be exact and 14 billion dollars go into this day. Schools, workplaces, and lovers alike celebrate this day of romance and history. CGMSN is no exception. This year you can send a Mountain Dew to a friend or staff. There will also be a Valentine’s Dance Friday the 6th. Valentine’s Day has been celebrated since the early Romans. It was actually a day to celebrate the god of fertility. A sacrifice was made, then the skins where cut into strips and used to slap the young women to give them fertility for the year to come. It was later made into a holiday by Pope Gelasius in hopes of making it more Christian.

Happy Valentine’s Day